Spy Dust Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations That Helped Win the Cold War

Moscow, 1988. It is the twilight of the Cold War, and the KGB is at its most ruthless. In the last three years, ten CIA operatives have been executed or neutralized. Langley has no idea how the KGB seems to be able to predict the CIA's every move, but some believe they are using an invisible electromagnetic powder that allows them to keep tabs on anyone who touches it: spy dust.Enter CIA officers Tony Mendez and Jonna Goeser, who come together to head up a team of technical wizards and operational specialists, determined to solve the mystery that threatens to bring down the curtain on the Cold War's final act.Beginning in Indochina and culminating in a breathtakingly daring operation in the heart of the Kremlin itself,Spy Dustreveals more about U.S. intelligence techniques abroad than any previously published work of nonfiction, and is a riveting account of spycraft, courage, loyalty, and love.

Antonio Mendez is the former chief of disguise for the CIA. A recipient of the CIA's Intelligence Star of Valor and the Trailblazer Award, he is the author of a previous nonfiction work, The Master of Disguise. Jonna Mendez is a twenty-seven-year veteran of the CIA who served as a technical operations officer and chief of disguise. The Mendezes are consultants for the television series The Agency, and helped design the International Spy Museum in downtown Washington, D.C., where they are founding board members. They live in Maryland with their son, Jesse. Visit the authors at their Web site: www.themasterofdisguise.com.